All 9 Uses of
accustomed
in
Lonesome Dove
- Accustomed as she was to hard doings, it had still taken Lorena a while to get used to the way Lippy slurped when he was eating, and she had once had a dream in which a cowboy walked by Lippy and buttoned the lip to his nose as if it were the flap of a pocket.†
Chpt 3-4accustomed = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Jake Spoon was unaccustomed to Bolivar's habits and grimaced unhappily as the banging continued.†
Chpt 9-10unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it seems normal)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed to means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed to. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He would plan, of course, to make himself available for chores when she required him—otherwise life could go on in its accustomed way.†
Chpt 11-12 *accustomed = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- But if the townspeople of Fort Smith had not considered him, the same couldn't be said for Louisa Brooks, who was giving him a good deal more consideration than he was accustomed to.†
Chpt 36-37
- Even men accustomed all their lives to sudden death didn't expect it to happen to Gus McCrae.†
Chpt 58-59
- Rough as the place was, accustomed as they all were to sudden death, they felt they had seen something extraordinary, something they would rather not have seen.†
Chpt 85-86
- He had grown accustomed to sleeping late and sitting outside the tent with Lorena in the mornings.†
Chpt 89-90
- Though accustomed to his silences, none of the men could remember him being that silent.†
Chpt 97-98
- Even Betsey and Sally, accustomed to chattering through supper, competing for the men's attention, were subdued by their mother's silence, and merely attended to serving.†
Chpt 101-102
Definition:
to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.